The Winder family came from Wyresdale near Lancaster and formed the mainstay of a village band from the late 1700s to the First World War. Whilst in Scotland and Ireland, the tradition of music for village dances is largely unbroken, In England it virtually died out with the Industrial revolution and the Great War. Fortunately, the tunebooks that were hand copied by members of the Winder band have come down to us and give access to a body of music as vibrant as that of our Celtic neighbours. This page is a fairly random and growing collection of bits & bobs relating to Dancing Masters, Village bands and the Winder family in particular.